NEW DELHI: Three people associated with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim were on Friday arrested on charges of conspiring to kill Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Chairman Waseem Rizvi. The accused men allegedly acted at the behest of Dawood Ibrahim.

The three men have been identified as Aatif, Abrar and Salim. A special cell of Delhi Police made the arrests from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.

They had reportedly been tasked to kill Rizvi to spread communal disharmony in the country.